Rise above the deceptions and temptations of the mind. This is your duty. You are born for this only; all other duties are self-created and self-imposed owing to ignorance.
SIVANANDAYou are the Master of your own Destiny.
More Sivananda Quotes
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Eating, drinking. sleeping, pro-creating. A little laughter, a lot of tears. Is this all there is to life? Don’t die like a worm on the surface of the planet. WAKE UP and be all that you can be, you are so much more than that.
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A wise person laughs and smiles through the eyes. The smile and laughter through the eyes influence people tremendously. No energy leaks if you smile through the eyes.
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Do not love leisure. Waste not a minute. Be bold. Realize the Truth, here and now!
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Beauty is essentially spiritual. The authentic beauty lies in the heart.
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The secret of life is in love the love of God and the service of humanity.
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Put your heart, mind, and soul into even your smallest acts. This is the secret of success.
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The benefits of Mouna (Silence) are incalculable.
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Be for ever a student. He and he alone is an old man who feels that he has learnt enough and has need for no more knowledge.
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Terrible is the fight put up by the senses. Fight bravely! Conquer them you must.
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The language of silence is the language of God, the language of silence is the language of the heart.
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Today is your own. Tomorrow perchance may never come.
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When you have succeeded in enshrining God within your heart, you will see Him everywhere.
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The mind is responsible for the feelings of pleasure and pain. Control of the mind is the highest Yoga.
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Meditation is the dissolution of thoughts in eternal awareness or pure consciousness.
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Man needs now no more degrees, but character, No more study, but wisdom.
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